The pentagram can be drawn in the air, on the ground, on paper or in your mind. You can visualize this protective star anywhere and anytime you feel the need to do so. A lot of people even have the pentagram tattooed on their bodies. The pentagram is most commonly worn on a necklace though. This not only shows a sign of faith, but also helps other magickal people to identify you as a fellow Wiccan or or other magickal person. There are some who think it is cool to wear and part of some fad.

The color coordination of the pentagrams below are representing each elemental direction and color association. For a simple quick invoking or banishing pentagram, just draw the Earth pentagram in the air with your middle finger, wand or athame. Be sure to use your projecting power hand. This would be your dominate or writing hand.Then you could just visualize a silver ball of energy above you, and a black ball of energy below you.This would give it the famous: As above, So below effect while performing the proper banishing pentagram.

These elemental pentagrams would be used during a circle casting while calling the quarters. The invoking pentagrams are used to cast a powerful magickal circle. The banishing pentagrams are used to close the circle in reverse order. On Samhain - OCT.31st, most traditions will cast the circle in reverse order and start in the West instead of the East. Most ceremonial magicians will emphasize on using the full motion of each pentagram during all magickal workings. As this would increase the power of energy raised during ritual and be most effective.